The Townshend Acts were four laws which include The suspending act, Revenue act, The indemnity act and the Commissioners of customs act. These laws enacted by the British Parliament imposed and enforced the collection of taxes on the American colonies.
Explanation:
British incurred huge war debts after the completed of seven years war and hence in order to pay the war debts, the crown decided to pressurize the American colonies with heavy taxes based on the advise given by Charles Townshend.
One such act is the suspending act which banned the New York colony Assembly from conducting business until it agreed to pay for the housing, meals, and other expenses of British troops stationed there under the Quartering Act. Quartering act imposes that the colonies have to take care of the boarding and lodging facilities of the British soldiers, if their troops are stationed in the respective colonies.
Because of the enslaved persons clause, escaped enslaved persons from one state cannot be PROTECTED by other states. The clause required slaves who flees to another state to be returned to the owner in the state from which that person escaped.
Explanation: The three rivers shown are the Volga 1, Ob 2 and Lena 3 all in Russia and the Danube is not shown because it is not in Russia but flows in behind the Adriatic Sea over to Germany and so is in a different part of Europe though all 4 rivers are major rivers in Europe.
